Film

Visions on Mount Elgon

By clicking on the video, you will change the context of this page.

Mount Elgon rises up 4,300 meters into Uganda's skies. The extinct volcano is the fourth-highest peak in East Africa; imposing not only in terms of height but also biodiversity. Still, numbers of elephants, leopards, buffalo, and large wild boar have dropped drastically in the past few years. Many indigenous birds are veterans on the endangered species list, as are some plants. Local communities living around the peak are behind the problems, mainly thanks to poaching, deforestation and water extraction. But now training is educating people on how to protect the ecosystem and still have enough firewood, farmland and food.

Information

Length7:10 Minutes

CountryUganda

Global Ideas

The television reports and documentaries of Deutsche Welle's 'Global Ideas' media project provide people all over the world with information on model projects which implement biodiversity and climate protection. The media project is funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety through the IKI.